Tehelka (New Delhi)

A day after Cyclone Phailin lashed the Odisha coast, full-throated praise for the Naveen Patnaik government on minimising loss of human life through mass evacuation morphed into angry protests by the survivors

The probe against illegal mining has died a quiet death. The Justice MB Shah Commission, set up in November 2010 to inquire into illegal mining of iron and manganese ore, has been forced by the Union mines

The state is flouting every law and risking the future of its people to allow dubious private players a free run, says Jay Mazoomdaar. On its website, the Sikkim Energy and Power department says that the

‘The best way to feed the poor is to create more jobs’
Passing the Food Security Bill was the worst thing to do at this point of time, according to economist Rajiv Kumar. He tells Shaili Chopra that despite

Adoption of the Food Security Bill would be meaningful only if one can stop the leakages in the PDS and tame food inflation, cautions Ashok Gulati. The current situation of abundant foodgrain stocks and

Will the Food Security Bill make our economy even more fragile? So far the answers to this question have distorted the picture completely, depending on whether they come from either the stock market or

The association of sand — humanity’s most prominent symbol of ephemera — with the idea of permanence would be ironic but for the duality inherent in nature. One still can’t hold a fistful and yet modern

The village looks as if the grim reaper paid a surprise visit. One can still hear the faint cries of wailing mothers. It has been five days since the mid-day meal contaminated with a deadly insecticide

A beedi that does not cause cancer and quick-bites that reduce the ill-effects of alcohol sound like the perfect party combo. But, if tobacco and big pharmaceutical firms get a wind of what goes into them,